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New page: '''Stilgar''' is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. He appears in the first three novels in the series: ''[[Dune (novel)|Dun...

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'''Stilgar''' is a [[fictional character]] in the [[Dune universe|''Dune'' universe]] created by [[Frank Herbert]]. He appears in the first three novels in the series: ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965), ''[[Dune Messiah]]'' (1969) and ''[[Children of Dune]]'' (1976). His early life is explored in [[Brian Herbert]] and [[Kevin J. Anderson]]'s ''[[Prelude to Dune]]'' trilogy (1999-2001), and the character is brought back as a [[ghola]] in their conclusion to the original series, ''[[Sandworms of Dune]]'' (2007).

Stilgar was played by actors [[Everett McGill]] in the 1984 [[Dune (film)|''Dune'' film]], [[Uwe Ochsenknecht]] in the 2000 miniseries ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune]]'', and by [[Stephen Berkoff]] in the 2003 ''[[Frank Herbert's Children of Dune|Children of Dune]]'' miniseries.

== History ==

In his youth, Stilgar and two friends, Turok and Ommun, had been cornered by thuggish [[House Harkonnen|Harkonnen]] troopers. Badly injured, Stilgar would have died if [[Pardot Kynes]] had not come and helped kill the troops. Because of this water-debt, Stilgar and Pardot Kynes became good comrades. Stilgar, Turok and Ommun promised to help Kynes achieve his dream of turning Arrakis into a paradise. When Pardot Kynes died, Stilgar was a very good friend to his son [[Liet Kynes]], and thereby something of a paternal figure to Liet's daughter [[Chani]] (later concubine/wife of [[Paul Atreides|Paul "Muad'dib" Atreides]]).

In the novel ''Dune'', Stilgar met Paul and his mother [[Lady Jessica]] when the Atreides fled into the desert, escaping a [[House Harkonnen|Harkonnen]] attack. Like the other Fremen, Stilgar eventually believed that Paul was their long-foretold Messiah, the [[Mahdi (Dune)|Mahdi]]. Stilgar had two wives, one of whom was named Tharthar. He later also married [[Harah]], a woman whom Paul had "acquired" as his servant, according to Fremen custom, after defeating her husband [[Jamis (Dune)|Jamis]] in a ritual battle to the death.

Subsequently, in ''[[Dune Messiah]]'' and ''[[Children of Dune]]'', Stilgar was a staunch supporter and protector of Paul and his children, [[Leto Atreides II|Leto II]] and [[Ghanima Atreides|Ghanima]]. In ''Messiah'', Stilgar executed the [[Bene Gesserit]] [[Reverend Mother (Dune)|Reverend Mother]] [[Gaius Helen Mohiam]] and [[Spacing Guild]] [[Guild Navigator|Navigator]] [[Guild Navigator#Edric|Edric]] (as well as former [[Fedaykin]] [[Korba]]) on orders from Paul's sister [[Alia Atreides|Alia]], after their conspiracy to topple Paul's empire failed. In ''Children'', Stilgar helped Ghanima and the [[Irulan Corrino|Princess Irulan]] escape Alia's later tyranny.

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Dunenewt: New page: '''Stilgar''' is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. He appears in the first three novels in the series: ''[[Dune (novel)|Dun...